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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: RAJAMOHAN <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Prevent users from executing pg_dump against tables
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 05:24:18 -0700
Message-ID: <CAKFQuwa2gb6QKvUVuGTy4T1cScKgJEhaxvqwKDeJAZgpxpTWYg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, RAJAMOHAN <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>  Main reason being I don't want the data to be copied from the database to
> their local machines.
>

You cannot stop it being copied to their local machine, you can only make
it difficult.  And really not that difficult.

Trust but verify - i.e., use something like pg_audit.

David J.


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